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8761) Julianne and the judge
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Westward to home volume 3
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"Fresh out of finishing school, Julianne Blackstone is eager to return to her sister's ranch in Colorado, but her parents have other plans. Plans that involve money, matrimony...and mayhem. While helping in her mother's chic dress shop, Julianne rekindles an old friendship with young attorney Levi Stanfield and his father Judge Stanfield. But when she discovers her father's self-serving plans are at odds with the law, her own life is placed in peril....
8762) The time left between us
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"The Time Left between Us is a hybrid work of memoir, narrative nonfiction, travel, history, and reportage. Spanning landscapes and lifetimes, 30-year-old Alicia retraces her grandfather's tour through WWII Europe, as a young Del survives D-Day, The Bulge, Remagen and liberates concentration camps"--
8763) Sam Whiskey
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Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are missed. But how shall he manage to get several hundred pounds of gold into the mint without anyone noticing?
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New Mexico, 1887, a land in the midst of the worst drought anyone can remember. Family histories and loyalties run deep, but when rancher Tom Forrester has his access to the Pecos River cut off by the son of his old partner, he convinces his foreman, Shad Marone, to pay Jud Bowman back for the discourtesy. Yet what starts as a simple act of petty revenge quickly spirals into a cycle of violence that no one can control. Now Marone is on the run, pursued...
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Marshal Matt Dillon is sworn to protect and serve the good people of Dodge City. Faithfully by his side are reliable medic Doc Adams, strong-willed saloon keeper Miss Kitty and trustworthy Deputy Festus Haggen. Wrapping up an explosive season, the legendary lawman tangles with a new slate of outlaws, including troublemaking drovers, a vigilante rancher and bomb-making bank robbers.
8766) Caballos salvajes
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Español
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"Caballos salvajes nos descubre los origenes de la disfuncional familia Walls. Si en El castillo de cristal los ninos nos conmovieron con su fortaleza y sus ganas de vivir, en esta precuela será Lily Casey Smith, su abuela, la que nos brinde su tenacidad y perseverancia ante las dificultades que atravesó en el camino de su vida. Heroina y pionera en el Lejano Oeste americano, Lily vivió durante sus casi primeros diez años en una caseta del desierto...
8768) Stories of the Old West
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"Saddle up for a wild ride through those thrilling days of yesteryear. In Stories of the Old West, Steven Price serves up a heapin' helpin' of tales of America's frontier days: ranches and rodeos, lawmen and desperadoes, saloons and gunslingers, wilderness exploring and range warfare, and everything else that reflects our fascination with our Western heritage from its earliest untamed era to the dawn of the 20th century. Contributors include Zane...
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In Black Fox, Texas plains ran with the blood of natives and settlers, as pioneers carved out ranch land from ancient Indian hunting grounds and the U.S. Army turned the tide of battle. Now the Civil War has begun, and the Army is pulling out of Fort Belknap--giving the Comanches a new chance for victory and revenge. Led by the remarkable warrior, Little Buffalo, the Comanche and Kiowa are united in a campaign to wipe out the settlers forever. But...
8771) Quantez
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John Coventry, the leader of a gang of robbers, is trying to escape across the Mexican border. The outlaws manage to elude the law and navigate the rough terrain, but the flight comes to a dangerous halt in the mysterious abandoned town of Quantez. As their enemies get closer, tempers flare, betrayals set in and lines are drawn between the men. Ruthless criminals end up as heroes and villains plunge further into despair in this suspenseful, action-packed...
8773) Slow train to Sonora
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In 1911, veteran army officer C.W. Langhorne accepts a clandestine assignment that will carry him into revolutionary Mexico for the War Department along with the handsome young ladies' man, Lieutenant Calvin Jester. While Langhorne runs afoul of the Acordada, the Mexican secret police organization, Jester finds danger of his own enjoying the attentions of both Fabiana Medina, a rich young beauty, and the poor but sincere Luna Garcia while he recovers...
8774) Distant drums
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"Cavalry Captain Quincy Wyatt leads a charge upon an old Spanish fort taken over by Seminole gun-runners and kidnappers. After liberating the prisoners, Wyatt, pursued by the vengeful Seminoles, flees into the gator-infested swamps and settles his fate in a spectacular underwater fight with the vicious Chief Ocala"--Container.
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This book explains the causes and recent historical events (during the 1990s and the 21st century) causing the crisis and war in Ukraine. It includes a discussion of how these events put the world at risk of nuclear war. It also touches on some general theory relevant to political science and international relations.--Publisher.
8779) Reed Gunther
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"The goofy bear-riding cowboy, Reed Gunther, saddles up for adventure as he faces off against underground mole-creatures, a zombified version of John Henry .... and more monsters than one cowboy should have to fight."--P. [4] of cover.
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Lone Wolf McQuade: A renegade Texas Ranger tries to give his new sidekick the slip and becomes involved in a violent battle against a gun runner in this action film featuring martial arts battles.
Hero and the terror: Homicide detective Danny O'Brien (Norris) is known simply as 'Hero' for having brought down L.A.'s most vicious serial killer: Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), a.k.a. 'The Terror.' But for years, O'Brien has secretly been haunted by the...